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Грамматика The
Prepositional Case of Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns

1.

The Prepositional Case of Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns (Singular and
Plural Forms)

In Russian Possessive and Demonstrative pronouns grammatically function as
adjectives: they also agree with the
noun they modify in gender, number and case.

Click each of the following statements to listen, then read them aloud.

Nom.

Это мой дом.

This is my house.

Prep.

Я говорю о моём доме.

I am talking about my house.

Nom.

Это наш преподаватель.

This is our teacher.

Prep.

Я говорю о нашем преподавателе.

We are talking about our teacher.

Nom.

Это новая книга.

This is a new book.

Prep.

Они говорят о новой книге.

They are talking about a new book.

Prep.

Я много слышала об этой книге.

I've heard a lot about this book.

Study the Prepositional case forms of the possessive and demonstrative
pronouns:

Nominative case

Prepositional case (with prepositions в, на, о )

Masculine

чей? мой, твой, наш, ваш

э
тот, тот

о чьём? о моём,
о твоём, о нашем,
о вашем,

об этом, о том

Feminine

чья? моя, твоя, наша, ваша

э
та, та

о чьей? о моей,
о твоей, о нашей,
о вашей,

об этой, о той

Neuter

чьё? моё, твоё, наше, ваше

э
то, то

о чьём? о моём,
о твоём, о нашем,
о вашем,

об этом, о том

Plural

чьи? мои, твои, наши, ваши

э
ти, те

о чьих? о моих,
о твоих, о ваших,
о наших,

об этих, о тех

Endings: -ом(-ём),
-ем; -ой,
-ей; -их, -ех

Notes (The Endings Analysis)

Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns grammatically function as adjectives and
have adjectival endings for the Prepositional case: -ом, -ем for masculine
and neuter , -ой, -ей for feminine, and -их for
plural forms.

The endings -ом and -ой are spelled after a hard consonant.

Examples: об этом
доме - about this house,

в этой книге - in this book.

The endings -ем and -ей are spelled after ш
(the letter mentioned in the 5-letter spelling rule).

Examples: о нашем преподавателе
- about your instructor,

о вашей сестре - about your sister.

Prepositional masculine and neuter forms of these pronouns have the
ending -ём and feminine forms have the ending -ей after ь
and о.

Examples: в моём доме
- in my house,

о
твоём письме - about your letter,

о чьей сестре - about whose sister,

о твоей сестре - about your sister.

Prepositional plural forms of these pronouns have the ending -их.
The only exception is тех.

Examples: об этих книгах -
about these books,

в
твоих письмах - in your letters,

о ваших детях - about your children

в тех домах - in those houses

2.

The Prepositional Case of Nouns and Modifiers: Summary

The Prepositional case of a noun with the prepositions в (во), на - "in,
on, at" is used to indicate location (i.e. to answer the question Где? -
Where?), with the preposition о (об) - "about" is used to denote the
object of speech or thought (i.e. to answer the question О ком? О чём? - About
who(m)? About what?). The Prepositional case endings for singular nouns (masculine,
feminine and neuter) are -е and -и, for plural nouns:
-ах and -ях.

Nouns' modifiers (adjectives, possessive and demonstrative pronouns) agree with
the noun they describe in gender, number and case. If a noun used in the
Prepositional case has a modifier, the modifier must also be in the
Prepositional case. The Prepositional case endings for masculine and neuter
modifiers are: -ом(-ём), -ем, feminine modifiers: -ой, ей,
plural: -ых, -их.